Â± From: fantasai [mailto:fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net]
Â± Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:03 PM
Â±
Â± >
Â± > before
Â± > start + end
Â± > after
Â±
Â± The before/after pair isn't used in many places (just a few,
Â± like caption-side), because so far it hasn't been necessary
Â± (since only horizontal writing modes existed) and because a
Â± number of places that need logical directions actually need
Â± the over/under pair instead.
Â±
Â± But note that if we ever wind up with logical properties,
Â± before/after will be nearly everywhere top/bottom is now. E.g.
Â± margin-before/margin-after, etc.
Â±
Â± ~fantasai
BTW, just in case I didn't make it clear earlier, even though I have proposed using before/after for flex-align, I would prefer to keep start/end in both directions of grid-align. Unless we manage to come up with generic align properties, there is nothing to gain by having a different value in one out of six properties of flexbox and grid.
Alex